# SpringSource

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/springsource/  
**Website:** http://www.springsource.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

SpringSource was the software company behind the open-source Spring Framework for Java. Founded in 2004 as Interface21 by Rod Johnson and colleagues, it was venture-backed (Accel, Benchmark) and acquired by VMware in 2009. The Spring portfolio subsequently moved through Pivotal and VMware Tanzu and is maintained today by Broadcom. The springsource.com domain now 301-redirects to spring.io, the current home of the Spring ecosystem. SpringSource exposed no standalone public API of its own; this profile documents the historical company and its lineage into today's Spring projects.

## Kin Score — 6.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-19 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.2 from 6.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Springsource Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Developer Tools, Java, Spring Framework, Open Source, Application Framework, Acquired, VMware

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/springsource/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.